# Reese's Pieces Pronunciation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208 "2015-10-30T21:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/1 "2015-10-30T21:58:39Z")
I just returned from buying Halloween candy for the kiddos tomorrow. I only got the good stuff, because I was a kid once, too, and crappy candy on Halloween is a bad thing. I picked up Snickers, Twix, M&M’s, and Reese’s pieces. As I admired my purchase, I muttered the names of the candy to myself, and became aware of saying “reesees peesees”, as though they rhymed. Do you pronounce these words, in this context, as a rhyme? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/2 "2015-10-30T22:05:24Z")
Their Mad Men thought so: Master pieces. Resses Pieces... ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/3 "2015-10-30T22:05:39Z")
I pronounce them the same even when they’re not together… “ree-sus pee-sus”. Not sure where you’re getting “reesees” from. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/4 "2015-10-30T22:21:52Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I pronounce them the same even when they’re not together… “ree-sus pee-sus”. Not sure where you’re getting “reesees” from. Yeah, whether they’re pieces or peanut butter cups, Reese’s is still pronounced, “Ree-sus.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/5 "2015-10-30T22:25:29Z")
I was expecting a poll. There was no poll. I am disappoint. I say ree-sus pee-sus too. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/6 "2015-10-30T22:25:59Z")
People who say “Reesees pieces” should be put in a hole and buried alive along with people who say “kyoopon.” Do people watch Reesee Witherspoon movies? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/7 "2015-10-30T22:26:42Z")
I pronounce them as a rhyme, but “Reese’s” rhymes with the standard pronunciation of “pieces.” That said, I have heard “ree-seez pee-seez” before, so your pronunciation is not unique. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/8 "2015-10-30T22:32:07Z")
I say, “Recess feces.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/9 "2015-10-30T22:34:13Z")
I am of the species who says ree-sees pee-sees, because it’s goofier that way. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/10 "2015-10-30T22:35:53Z")
I’d say it’s more REE-siz PEE-siz. Though sometimes that Z becomes an S. The still always rhyme. Heck, it’s why my dog’s name is Reesis–though we call him Reese for short. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/11 "2015-10-30T22:39:46Z")
Good thing you don’t call him Rhesus, because that would be weird. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/12 "2015-10-30T22:42:41Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I pronounce them the same even when they’re not together… “ree-sus pee-sus”. Not sure where you’re getting “reesees” from. > [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, whether they’re pieces or peanut butter cups, Reese’s is still pronounced, “Ree-sus.” You really pronounce the brand name like the monkey? And “pieces” to rhyme? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/13 "2015-10-30T23:21:38Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > You really pronounce the brand name like the monkey? And “pieces” to rhyme? Well, the guy in Terminator was Kyle Reese, not Kyle Reesee. So, yeah, Reese’s would be pronounced like the monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/14 "2015-10-30T23:26:20Z")
Rhee-suz pee-suz. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/15 "2015-10-30T23:34:23Z")
Jeepers Creepers. NO ONE says “kyoopon”, some of us, however, do say “cue-pon”. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/16 "2015-10-30T23:59:48Z")
Reese’s and pieces already rhyme to me. Or close, like, “Reese says, Peace says.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/17 "2015-10-31T01:02:52Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > You really pronounce the brand name like the monkey? And “pieces” to rhyme? I do. How do _you_ pronounce it? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/18 "2015-10-31T01:06:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I do. How do _you_ pronounce it? Like it’s spelled? “Reese’s” has an E sound; “rhesus” has a U sound. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, the guy in Terminator was Kyle Reese, not Kyle Reesee. So, yeah, Reese’s would be pronounced like the monkey. This makes no sense, and I can’t tell how you’re pronouncing “rhesus.” I don’t say “reesee” either. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/19 "2015-10-31T01:18:13Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Like it’s spelled? “Reese’s” has an E sound; So, you pronounce it to sound like “recess”? Or how, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208/20 "2015-10-31T01:58:37Z")
Of course ‘Reese’s Pieces’ rhymes. Reese and piece rhyme, and the added s causes the same sound to be added. Approximating in IPA ɹisəz pisəz. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-pieces-pronunciation/736208.md?page=2)